Outriders is Shaping Up to be Mass Effect for the Next Generation

COG writes: This month during the Outriders Broadcast we learned more about the lore of Enoch, side quests, and the trusty crew you'll travel with, as well as a deep dive into the power of the Pyromancer class.

[no_more_heroes]

Starting to think that this really is the current gen Mass Effect we never got. Definitely interested now, might just pick this up.

[DerfDerf]

People must have a skewed vision of Mass Effect because Andromeda is exactly like the other 3 Mass Effects. Feels exactly like them. Plays exactly like them.

[anonymousfan]

I never played it myself, I thought aside from the numerous bugs at release the story seemed to be a letdown. How did you like the story vs ME1-3? Maybe I should give it a shot.

[DerfDerf]

I really enjoyed the game as a whole. It suffers from a lot of the same issues the other ME games have. The story wasn't bad but there are a few loose ends that never really get tied up. If you like the ME trilogy there is no reason why you shouldn't like Andromeda.

[anonymousfan]

Thanks for the advice on Andromeda. I did love ME1-3 but 99% of that was characters and epic tory.

[Razmiran]

I didnt really like the game, but its true, you cant say it doesnt feel like mass effect
Id say its much less "epic" but you can get it so cheap these days that you should try for yourself

[Rebel_Scum]

The gameplay was great but the story, characters and dialogue content was so weak. I could only finish that game by skipping all of the cut scenes & dialogue.

[Daeloki]

I never played Mass Effect 1-3, so can't compare to those, but in my opinion Andromeda was a huge letdown and a waste of money. The game felt like a long drawn out chore, and I honestly can't even remember what the plot was about.

[execution17]

Story wise its pretty forgettable and same goes for the story but its saving grace was it probably had the best combat out of the 4 games

[Profchaos]

It was merely an ok game but the story and twist was lackluster. I think the idea of emptying the universe was a missed opportunity and only introducing one alien species was a fail.

[Christopher]

It's the writing behind the characters in Andromeda that completely do a 180, though. ME 1-3 were about people trying to save the world, deal with their troubled past of death, loss, betrayal, past decisions, etc. Andromeda was dealing with things that didn't seem important or relevant and oftentimes felt really unnecessary to the main storyline or important to what they were doing.

[Flewid638]

Thats also the problem. They made the game with a 2011 game engine.

[Razmiran]

2011 engine? They used Frostbite 3 which debuted with BF4 in 2013 , same as Battlefield V, Dragon Age inquisition and the latest need for speed games
While it is not an ideal engine its not due to its age

[Hakuoro]

I'm not judging the game, I don't know enough to comment on it's quality or "fun'ness" .

But that said any time people try to say a game is "like" some other popular game I get nervous.

I'm sure Outriders will be the Dark Souls of Mass Effect and FTL and Resident Evil and Final Fantasy....

But I'm going to stay optimistic, I'm always interested in new IP's.

[Luc20]

Defo one to watch for next gen systems. Those broadcasts got me interested.

[MadLad]

Yeah, this is starting to look really good.

[DerfDerf]

no

[Germaximus]

It's nothing like Mass Effect. Not even gonna bother reading the article after such a stupid headline.

[TyrellCorp]

I had no idea so i pulled up some gameplay. Nothing like ME honestly. More like a blend of gears of war and Destiny. Could be good, I'm always up for new sci-fi

[Darkborn]

Not sure if I trust another GAAS. On these your better off waiting and watching.

[AK91]

Seems like more similar to ME3 and Andromeda rather than the first 2. We got Spiders for those kinda games.

[LordoftheCritics]

FAR FROM IT.

Don't bring Mass Effect down to this lvl.

[Bismarn]

It won't really be the next Mass Effect unless they build up a great story and then take a dump on it in the last 5 minutes.

[NXFather]

H

[Kaze88]

So online Coop horde shooter is going to be our epic sci-fi story driven RPG with multiple choices that actually shape your story and with alien companions that will stay with your memories even after finishing the game....yeah nope.

[Rikimaru1977]

i'm starting to like this game. if i do buy this, im going with the fire guy.

[lazyboyblue]

Oh I thought this was a destiny/Anthem thing. Is single player then?

[FITSniper]

Played ME 1-3 and Andromeda and did practically everything. ME 1-3 were incredible story. Andromeda wasn't a bad game. It just definitely felt empty on the planets. And the story wasn't anywhere near the quality of ME1-3. Hard to go from galaxy destroying, sentient robots to underwhelming aliens bent on galaxy wide conquest. There was potential but it wasn't amazing. I will admit I'm not sure how much of my opinion was swayed by the fact that I knew my playthrough wouldn't matter in the future. ME1 and ME2 you knew your choices mattered for the next game. Worst part of Andromeda though was the woke garbage.

Outriders also looks to have potential. But I'm not preordering.

[Flewid638]

Is it??

Because every other article I'm reading is calling it a Looter Shooter.

[GameStallion]

This sounds cool. Personally I’m not a fan of “loot.” I prefer specific rewards for specific conquests like Wildlands, not Breakpoint or Zelda, not Borderlands. Otherwise, looking forward to seeing how it turns out.